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August 20, 2009

Women Board of Directors Appointments This Week

IEC Electronics Corp. (AMEX: IEC), headquartered in New York, appointed Amy L. Tait (pictured) to its Board of Directors. Amy, who holds a a BS in Engineering from Princeton University and an MBA from the Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester, is CEO of Broadstone Real Estate, LLC. Read more in the marketwire press release on yahoo.

Citizens Financial Group, headquartered in Rhode Island, appointed Judith von Seldeneck to its Board of Directors. Judith is Founder, Chairman and CEO of Diversified Search. Read more in the Business Wire press release.

Vestaron Corporation, headquartered in Michigan, appointed Elin D. Miller to its Board of Directors. Elin has held senior management positions with Shell Chemical, Dow AgroSciences and Arysta LifeScience. Read more in the prnewswire press release.

Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIGI), headquartered in New Jersey, appointed Cynthia Nicholson to its Board of Directors. Cynthia, who holds an M.B.A. from Indiana University, is the former Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of PepsiCo North America. Read more in the prnewswirepress release.